Florida Probate Rule 5.060

Request for Notices and Copies of Pleadings

Text of the rules effective October 1, 2026.

Amended Oct. 1, 2026See what changed

(a)
Request. Any interested person who desires notice of proceedings in the estate of a decedent or ward may file a separate written request for notice of further proceedings, designating the interested person’s residence and post office address. When the interested person’s residence or post office address changes, a new designation of the change must be filed in the proceedings. A person filing the request, or address change, must serve a copy on the attorney for the personal representative or guardian, and include a certificate of service.
(b)
Notice and Copies. A party filing a request must be served thereafter by the moving party with notice of further proceedings and with copies of subsequent pleadings and documents as long as the party is an interested person.

Notes

Rule History

1975: This rule substantially incorporates the provisions of prior rule 5.060 except that now a copy of the request shall be mailed by the clerk only to the attorney for the personal representative or guardian. Even though a request under this rule has not been made, informal notice as provided in rule 5.040(b)(3) may still be required.
1977: Editorial and citation form change in committee note.
1980: Caveat, the personal representative may want to give notice to parties even though not required, for example, where an independent action has been filed on an objected claim.
1988: Captions added to subdivisions. Committee notes expanded. Citation form changes in committee notes.
1992: Editorial changes. Committee notes revised. Citation form changes in committee notes.
2003: Committee notes revised.
2010: Committee notes revised.
2012: Committee notes revised.
2013: Subdivisions (a) and (b) revised to reflect service of documents, rather than papers. Subdivision (a) revised to shift responsibility for service of the request from the clerk to the interested person making the request for notice and copies. Editorial changes to conform to the court’s guidelines for rule submissions as set forth in AOSC06-14.
2026: Committee notes revised.